Crestone Needle, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,203 ft / 4329 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 57' 53'' N, 105° 34' 36'' W 37.964729, -105.576568 (Dec Deg) 449354 E 4202058 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Custer Saguache
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 323      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 299) Selected Trip Reports:      2001-06-10 by Petter Bjørstad      2002-06-16 by Joe Lavelle      2006-06-17 by Mountain Climber      2006-07 by J Thornton      2009-08-01 by David Foster      2010-05-16 by Fred Newman (Unsuccessful)      2010-08-01 by Donnie Puckle      2013-06-08 by Matt Lemke      2013-08-25 by Chris Jaquet      2015-08-14 by Ben Ryan      2015-10-03 by Tom Kennedy (Unsuccessful)      2016-09-10 by Paul Andrews      2017-08-20 by Nick Logel      2017-08-26 by Whiley Hall      2017-08-31 by Tarush Bali      2018-07-15 by Jeremy McGuire      2018-08-11 by Tyler King      2018-08-18 by Ben Ryan      2018-08-28 by Andrew Holman      2019-08-17 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)      2020-07-01 by Dustin Erickson      2020-07-19 by William Musser (Unsuccessful)      2020-07-29 by Bob Burd      2020-08-18 by Thomas Fullerton      2020-08-25 by Harvest Mondello (Unsuccessful)      2020-08-27 by Reid Wagner      2020-09-05 by Ellen Sebastian      2020-09-07 by Shane Kramer      2021-07-18 by William Musser (GPS Track)      2021-07-19 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2021-08-28 by Cooper Eitel      2022-08-12 by Stan Barlow (GPS Track)      2022-09-11 by Benji Schatz
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Crestone Needle (1984-09-10). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 437 ft/133 m   Optimistic Prominence: 477 ft/145 m   Line Parent: Crestone Peak - East Peak   Key Col: 13,760 ft/4194 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.44 mi/0.72 km    Isolation Limit Point: 37.9675, -105.5842 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Crestone Peak - East Peak  (WNW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range Range5: Northern Sangre de Cristo Range Range6: Crestone Group
Drainage Basins	Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Arkansas Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Pike and San Isabel National Forest/Rio Grande National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Crestone Peak O37105h5 1:24,000
First Ascent	July 24, 1916     Davis, Eleanor (United States)     Ellingwood, Albert (United States)
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Crestone Needle   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

The class 3+/4 section of the Eastern Gully of Crestone Needle above the crossover (2021-07-18). Photo by William Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.

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